My favorites... (22 months)

Favorite time: Playing with Aunt Natalie--she lets me explore the world...and lets me go swimming naked in the backyard!
Favorite tricks: Entertaining Mom and Aunt Natalie after dinner. I'm teaching myself yoga.


Favorite part of the playground: Going down the slide with Dad.


Lastly, I love my new school. My favorites are dancing to "one, two, buckle my shoe," baking corn muffins, learning sign language, and playing peekaboo after nap time with my friends.
Love,
Colin

Happy bday Sarah and week udpates

Colin started his new school last week--and we're loving it. According to his teachers, he loves reading books, playing in the kitchen, and the Spanish teacher. =) And we finally got to use his new lunch bag!

We celebrated Sarah's 1st birthday last weekend. Sam, Colin and Natalie enjoying the pinata presents. =)Laurie stopped by for breakfast, and Colin quickly made her into his new friend...And lastly, Colin and Jack watching the Browns...and eating cheesecake!

baby....BROTHER!

Hi everyone,

It's official, I'm going to be a big brother! Mom and Dad tell me that a baby BROTHER is growing in mommy's belly. I'm not too sure what this means yet, but they tell me it'll be fun. 20 more weeks to go!

Love,
Colin

Week in SF & Lake Tahoe

As soon as we landed, Colin remembered baba and jichi (my parents) and Auntie Lori immediately, and went running to all of them. It was amazing to watch, and he was so good on the trip!

SF activities included Erik & Korby's amazing wedding (congratulations!), playdates with cousins and friends, eating, Stow Lake visit to feed the ducks, fish and turtles, dancing & seeing bachan's veggie garden!
Lake Tahoe activities included riding the Heavenly gondola up to 9,123 feet, a biking tour, hiking, lounging by the lake, eating, gambling & watching one of Jack's favorite bands (G. Love).
Thank you everyone for making it an amazing week!

Dancing!

1. Colin is going to be Nemo for Halloween! Thanks Bachan and Jichan for sending him his Nemo costume early. He absolutely loves wearing it, dancing in it, and using it as a pillow! Here's a video of him trying it on for the first time. As soon as he had it on, he begged to start dancing. One of his favorite songs is "num-nine." (Dr. Knickerbocker's Number Nine, the Wiggles).



2. He loves music and dancing. He dragged Natalie to the stage of a grass concert...and started dancing on stage!

3. Natalie remembers when Rylee used to open the fridge and sit inside. Colin hasn't exactly done that yet--but he loves looking in the fridge, and he often pulls a chair up for a more relaxed viewing of the fridge contents.4. Cousins galore! We spent the day at Grandma's house playing with all of the cousins. Thank you Grandma for dinner (& dessert), and thank you cousins for keeping Colin running around for 6 hours. Unfortunately no pictures, but great memories of Colin & Sam in the dog cage, and Colin using one end of the jump rope to sing while Sam tried to jump rope with the other end!

Outta daycare!

Well, not forever. But since Wednesday, we are D-O-N-E with Colin's daycare. A series of issues, and Wednesday's incident finally broke me. He's home with us until mid-September, when he starts his new school. Jack is home with him until 2pm, and I'm working from home from 2-5pm so I can be with him from 2pm til night. If anyone wants to share daycare stories, I'm more than willing to share--leave a comment or email!

Since Wednesday, Colin has enjoyed trips to the museum, naked runs in the backyard, bike rides, playground dates, and library fun. He'll have a hard time going back to school--and so will we! We're absolutely loving the extra time with him.
at the Greek festival w/Aunt Natalie...turns out Colin is a huge fan of Greek dancing!
Saturday: enjoyed the day at Grandma's and then off to Hunter's 3rd birthday party. Colin's favorite part was catching grasshoppers while on a wagon ride!mmm, cake.Sunday: enjoyed the day at the CJAF (Cleveland Japanese American Foundation) summer picnic with Lisa & her brother. I made inari, chicken teriyaki, flank steak, wakame salad and edamame. Lisa made nigiri and spinach/miso/tofu salad. Mmmm, good!
an Aunt Natalie inspired photo... =)

Zoo, food, beach, good company!

Week: Colin invited Natalie over for a movie night (Finding Nemo is THE movie right now.) He loves to copy Aunt Natalie--but I don't think he fully understands why her hand is touching her head! =)

Friday: My parents came back from Italy! YAHOO!

Saturday: One of Jack's best friends, Denny, was in town for a visit...just in time for the hot and humid weather!
Checking out the dinosaurs at the zoo with Denny and Casie...Neal, Renee, Drew and Cade met us at the zoo too! The boys enjoying icees.At the Feast of the Assumption in Little Italy...
Sunday: It was opening day in the residence halls, so I was working. But Colin was off to the beach w/the cousins again...
Natalie took this picture at the beach...